Show French Win Greatest Victory of Year in Battle of Blizzard Hurl Back Germans in Mighty Smashes and Conquer Conquer Con Con- quer Elements By Henry Wood I United Press Staff Correspondent THE TIU FRENCH ARMY 1 IN lx CHAMPAGNE E March 10 Battling Battling In a a. freezing blinding gale tale of snow sno as much an lit against the enemy French rench turc forces In one-half one hour wil wiped tl out the principal gains aim of the most pretentious German military mili tar tary operation that has taken place on tho the Western Vestern front during the entire winter campaign Th TIre The fight will go gf down in Sh history as ag the Battle Battlo of oC the thc Blizzard Completing the victory victor toda today all counter attacks were repulsed r The French artillery r preparation begun began earl carl early on Wednesday In fa favorable taI ta- ta a- a I weather Before night I he began an to fall fait B By Thursday Thurs Thurs- I day 1113 morning all of or Champagne was WI completely snow burled buried A frightful blizzard began blowing from tron the north directly into the faces face of or the French troops troop awaiting await await- In tog ing the attack Despite the tIle freezing temp temperature tempera tempera- ra- ra ture tuie tile the the howling howlinS' wind vInct and tho the blinding biting lino snow enow the staff starr de decided tie tle- to continue the tho operation In the puro pure white snow COIn covered cov cov- Bl Blinded In d e d ered Dead Mans Man's an L land on a ri two- two b by uy Y kilometer front s 1 t th tue French Frencl de tie tie- l Bl Blizzard d IZzar lu alf f Tr ex ex plo plosive l e shells The They Tiley kept It up until the snow wa was completely churned under tinder and the dirt thrown ti up It 11 transformed the strip into an utI ugly black gash standing out ominously ominous In time the center center center cen cen- ter of or an nn endless endle s vista of surrounding stir sur lI round rounding In white snow covered plains t With the tile approach of oC the hour of or attack the thc blizzards blizzard's fury in- in erased until erased until tile the United Il Press Iress staff corr correspondent stationed in ina a trench on the tire summit of a high highridge ridge e. was completely I hI blinded md ed b by 11 bythe the swirling racing wind Ind driven snow The rime tempests tempest's CUI fury furs rendered aviation a practically practical Impossible Imposible depriving tie tie- de le I pr ln the artillery r of uC the time ad advantage advantage ael- ael anta vantage of aerial O observation and control rot And Anti yet ct five rl minutes he before Core the tho attack five e huge observation planes courageously took to the air Forced repeatedly to turn backward backward back back- ward b by the tempests tempest's fur fury disappearing this dis appearing continually Into clouds of or snow now and gas and shell smoke which tho the gale t sent ent racing across the French Frenchi lines these planes their forward Tho fought wa way They kept it up until the minute arrived when both tho the artillery and blizzard bits bliz zard zarel having increased In tur fury un until until un- un til iii It seemed tilt they were engaged In Ina a It titanic struggle between 11 themselves themselves them them- selves for Cor mastery of oC the tIle battlefield battlefield battle battle- field the infantry leaped heaped o out t of the trenches In successive waves The men were werl dl distinctly silhouetted against the sno snow on the sides of the time trenches trenches and and then they disappeared dis appeared immediately into time the black earth eartha in th the churned Dead Mans Mails Ian i land lanel between the tue French trenches and the enemy De Between tween the tho bursting shells clouds of at atas gas as Ad Advance vance and smoke and swirling snow at thc they were oc- oc I visible Sl Slow ow Gait G. Gaiti alt I as the they went forward They The advanced at a slow uniform pace pact reserving their strength for tor th the final inal hand to hand conflict when the German positions should be bo attained and the final conflict with the German forces should come There was waR a hand grenade rona e fight But within five rive minutes after aCler the French had leaped heaped from out their trenches German prisoners their hands pointing toward the sk sky were visible scurrying down the slopes slopes racing racing for the tIle French I lint lines With the point which whelm C comprised cd the principal object of or the attack within French hands hand the tile Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans manH attempted a a counter action The attack called lIed out from the French rench a roar 1011 of or machine gun fire which increased In Jn Intensity until It rivaled the tile heavy artillery in III the time tumult of or noise The rhe French attained their mastery of oC the el ele do- do ments too As AR the fury of or the blizzard increased until the tile mo mo- meat anent of attack it began bean abating as the French I wept swept nIl all b before fore them The German positions 13 gained the snow stopped The sun shone It was wal bitter hitter cold A howling lo lIn wind wIn 11 continued throughout hout the tho rest Iest of ot th the day and night Behind the the- lines American Eng Bag JI lish h and anti French ambulances wait rait- ed cd to carry off ott the he wounded A And a ti y ot o e eP t they ther waited to P Positions see co convoy 11 0 after aCter aft aCt S er or convoy of or Are re i-re German prisoners prison prison- ers with the tile R Regained d wounded a all I 11 I carefully bandaged ban ban- dad and dressed come b by before a single French soldier wounded WR was brought up In a Ii brief half hair hour from tIle the time the lie French leaped d out nut of or their sn snow w buried burled trenches trench In the Rattle Battle of or the tho Blizzard Bliz Bliz- zard they recaptured d all tho the princIpal principal principal prin prin- cipal positions taken b by tho the crown princes prince's troops and the much vaunted kaiser con congratulated attack attack at attack at- at tack In the Champagne on February February a ary 15 It was this ground round which the tile crown cron prince following his recent re recent recent re- re cent relief from the Immediate command at V Verdun strove to redeem re redeem redeem re- re deem his reputation b by In lag ing InThe The Tho Germans had lost it in 1916 The Tho some same spot spot spot-It It lies between be- be tween Du and antl Masson Iasso Champagne was tho time scene cene of ot the time Champagne offensive c by the Fr French in 1915 It was there they captured Germans That the thc Germans overrated the crown princes prince's gains in Iii the time as assault ault of three w weeks eks ago was as demonstrated b by tho the fact tact that thal the French have Intro b been bean on allowing tho the enemy for tor three weeks to occupy this ground round and to fortify COt It before I v attempted recapture |